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    I've pre - ordered the blasted blue with blue...

    I've pre - ordered the blasted blue with blue yellow writing. We'll see...
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    Tapatalk. Not sure if its available for your...

    Tapatalk. Not sure if its available for your system. If not, then search for forum reader.

    http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/26/7f908f4b814a3189cb1bd116ade0f3d6.jpg

    Just uploaded that...
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    Easy maybe, but cheap? Never. Cost you an arm and...

    Easy maybe, but cheap? Never. Cost you an arm and a leg , if not the whole house, if you're not careful.

    If you want cheap, Romania or Bulgaria. But they're not easy, usually rather emotionally...
  4. Thread: Basel World

    by JohnF
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    Re: Basel World

    Wish I could be there as well, but I've got work commitments that can't be avoided. :-(
  5. Thread: GMT's

    by JohnF
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    Re: GMT's

    This is back on the wrist...

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  6. I've been driving BMW for the last 15 years,...

    I've been driving BMW for the last 15 years, first with a 528i, then 530td, since then 525td in various iterations. Currently a 525td in the F10 incarnation.

    Lets's see. The car is not really a 5,...
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    Re: Best book you ever read?

    The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Anson Heinlein

    The Outsider by Colin Wilson

    Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

    The Crisis of European Science, Edmund Husserl

    Neuromancer,...
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    Re: Incoming (huge box): Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos clock

    I have one, the mechanism can't be heard unless you take off the glass case and listen very closely in a very, very quiet room. Mine is from 1956 and is in dire need of work on the diaphragm system...
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    Re: Can watches ever be an investment?

    Given that watches don't generate a cash flow, they are lousy investments. They might be a speculative purchase, acquired in anticipation of significant value appreciation.
  10. http://forums.watchuseek.com/f24/evening-sinn-7710...

    http://forums.watchuseek.com/f24/evening-sinn-771011.html#post5617482

    :-)
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    Over time, you will ruin the gaskets. I go...

    Over time, you will ruin the gaskets.

    I go regularly to the sauna here in Germany and have a ruined Seiko SK007 as a result: the gaskets, over time, melted, hardened and abandoned their function,...
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    Two things: 1) It's an index, based to a set...

    Two things:

    1) It's an index, based to a set point in time, and the difference between 100 (the base time period) and the current value of the index is the cumulative change in the values of the...
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    Re: The random disclosure thread.

    Went swimming this morning, 7.5 km so far this week...

    Sent from my Acer Iconia using TapaTalk...
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    Re: The random disclosure thread.

    Dreading my financials in 2012...and wondering if I will ever get my Enicar Sherpa back up and running.

    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
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    Re: Paris disneyland rocks

    Heathen. The only true Disney is in Anaheim. That's the original, everything else is just a copy...

    Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk[/quote]



    :lol: :lol: :lol:


    Yer jokin',...
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    Re: Paris disneyland rocks

    Heathen. The only true Disney is in Anaheim. That's the original, everything else is just a copy...

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  17. Thread: Bourbon

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    Re: Bourbon

    Skip the bourbon, as they won't have the oomph you are looking for. Try a Rittenhouse Rye Whisky for something much, much more like a Balvenie or the like. Nothing has the peat of a Laphroig or...
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    Precista Fake on Ebay...

    OUTRAGEOUS!

    Somebody in Switzerland - Martin Schneider of Brügg, to be exact - has decided that he can sell watches using the Precista name.

    See this:

    http://cgi.ebay.de/PRECISTA-SWISS-MADE-...
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    This looks so tasty!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/92972622@N00/3069992601/

    Yikes!

    JohnF
  20. Thread: Smiths

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    Re: Smiths

    +1

    Serious congrats on getting that name registered! Not an easy thing, but huge recognition there...

    2801 is fine inside, hacks and is seriously dependable, and there'll be spare parts...
  21. Re: Fundamental Oversight ? Aligning Seconds to Minutes Hand

    Hi -

    As far as I know, there is only one watchmaker who makes a movement that does the two things the OP wants: hacks and have the hands perfectly synchronized. By this I mean that the minutes and...
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    Re: Who has the most drool-worthy movement photo?

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    Well, there's this:

    http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w233/JohnF1956/_Z1442368x6.jpg

    and

    http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w233/JohnF1956/_Z1442438x6.jpg
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    Re: Seagull gone nuts.

    Hi -

    It's actually quite simple: they are pricing to markets.

    First of all, you have VAT on these prices in Europe, which in Germany is 19%; while you can discount the VAT from Denmark when...
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    Re: Who can tell me about - Mk II watches?

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    I've got 4 of Bill's watches, 2 Seiko mods, a MMT and the 50. One of the Seiko mods was further modded by Bob Thayer in Texas with a flat black teflon coating. Rocks.

    One nice thing that...
  25. Re: And now for something ... Guinand (lots of pix!)

    Hi -

    Quality is very, very similar, with a couple of caveats: Guinand doesn't offer anything like the more advanced features that Sinn gets into, what with Diapal, the sub steel, tegimenting, etc....
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